Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-07
A Great Ingathering of Repentant
Ones Seeking Salvation in the
Fold Of the Living God.
The Tender Memories Brought Back by
the SacrameRGal Days Of Gid
Bring All Together Again.
The Church triumphant and the Church
Militant United Aroond the Table
where tho Ransomed sit.
Special to the Gazette.

TcCSpLlOu Va D1t new LuCHuCIsj lHdhluS
600 received during the present revival,
SO that the commitment membership
now is 1851. The Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, d. D, the pastor, gave the right
hand of fellowship TO the new members,
and baptized about ninety. The audience
sang
Best be the tie that binds
Oar hearts in Christian love.
There was great arch of flowers over
the pulpit containing the words: az be
leve in the communion of saints" DR..
Talmage took TWO texts, l. Chronicles,
xii, 5: "And four thousand praised
the Lord" and Exodus, xii, "A: "This
day shall be unto you for a memorial"
lie said:
When week before last the communi-
cant membership of this church passed
into the 1000, now reaching +05l, the first
part of my text came 10 my mind, and
bethought myself what
GRAND THING
if the 1000 OF our communicate member
ship would, Ike the 1000 of the ancient
temple, make it their lifetime business to
praise the LORD. Let them all take harp
and timbrel and anthem and doxology!
The allusion of my second text is TO
the Passover, which COMMUNICATED the
Celiverance of the children of Israel on
the night when the DESTROYING angel sped
through the land Of Egypt, destroying
the enemy but saving the Israelites be-
cause on the doOT-posts of their dwellings
was sprinkled the blood Of q lamb. To-
day we come to celebrate grander pass
over, all peril going away from our soul
at the sight of the sprinkled blood of the
Lamb of God on the door-posts of our
hearts. Christ, our Passover, sacrificed
for US. "This day shall be unto you for
memorial"
The Sacramento Sabbath, whether it
comes in an American church or an Eag-
fish chapel or q Scotch kirk, is more i'm
pressive than any other Sabbath. It's
light is holier, Calmer, sweeter; its
voices more tender; its touch is softer; its
memories are more chastened. The fruits
of the Christian life suddenly ripen, like
orchards on the hill fronting the south.
The wine of the Holy Sacrament seems
pressed from the grapes Of celestial vine
yards, and the bread broken seems 10
drop from the hand of Him who parted
the loaves for the 5000. We walk to
the church of God with more thoughtful
face and with quieter step. The
JUBILANT SONGS
of other sundays are struck through with
pensiveness and are all q tremble with
tears, and when, at the close of the ser
vice, at the door we shake hands, Il is
with more cordial grasp, because we
feel thrilling through our body, and
mind, and soul the great doctrines
of Christian brotherhood; and our
minds 90 back to our forefathers cele-
brating the sacrament in times of perse-
cution in Scotland among the Highlands
commemorative the dying love OF Christ,
while they were pursued of their enc
mics, pouring the wine into rough
wooden cups, dipping the waters of bap-
tism from the mountain rock, until one
day they neafd the voices of their enc
mics coming uD the hill, and the pastor
cried out: "0h Lord, the Shepperd, have
mercy on the sheep" and instantly there
was q roaring heard as of great foods
and sure enough cloud had burst aud
there were great torrents running down
the mountain side that whelmed their
foes with sudden wrath. What a deliv-
erance il wss for them on that sacrament
al day! On that on this Sacramento
Day the cloud of Gods mercy might
burst and our sins be whelmed and our
souls be saved, This is the amethyst of
days. This is the pearl of days. This is
Lut ulaIlOuO VI 1uiS 10 IuC VI
DAYS. Among the ten thousand million
ages of eternity the first Sabbath of
March, 1887, will be to you significant
and memorable, for "this day shall be
unto you" forever and forever ga memo
rial"
There is much in the scene of to-day
to impress US because it is time of rein
forcement. l used to remark that if |
ever lived to see our membership reach
1000 l thought | would be will
ing to say with one of old: Now,
Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saliva
ton" But have changed my mind,
and never so much wanted to stay as
now, so as to see them all enlisted for
God and to watch their victories. Whist
might they not accomplish in the way of
making
THE WORLD BETTER
if they were all baptized with q double
portion of the Holy Ghost, Four thou
sand! That is four full regiments, as
military men count 1000 to regiment.
think not one hypocrite amongst them.
Taken into the church sometimes in large
numbers, but each one as carefully eX-
6mined as to change of heart, and evil
denCe of regeneration. as though he or
she were tie only one presenting hlmsel;
or herself. Many of our former members
have passed away into the skies, and have
Joined the church triumphant, but we
have 1000 and more left for the church
militant. To arms. Quit you like men,
We want nc reserve corps among them.
Go into action all of you. Some will be
officers and command. Some will make
cavalry charges. Some Will be sharp
shooters. Some will stand guard. Some
will be on picket duty. Many of you will
belong to the rank and file. Let there be
no stragglers, none of on furlOugh, not
one deserter. With ClriSt for command
er-in-chief, and the one-starred, blood
striped banner of msnger aud cross to
lead the way, give the order that the
general in the war gave, when rising in
his stirrups, his hair flying in the wind,
ne cried out til all the host heard him:
Forward, the whole line.'
There is also something in such scene
TO deeply impress one, because it re-
hearses death scene. Now, you know,
there is something very touching in such
an incident. Though you are in hotel
and 1t is q stranger that is dying, how